The Iliad (Penguin Clothbound Classics)

Homer; Rieu, E.V. & D.C.H.; Jones, Peter

ISBN 10: 014139465X / ISBN 13: 9780141394657

Verlag: Penguin Classics, 2014

Beschreibung

Reprint. Brand new from publisher. 2014 Hard Cover. lxxvii, 462 pp. Maps precede text. Translated into English prose from the original Greek verse by E.V. Rieu, revised and updated by Peter Jones with D.C.H. Rieu, edited, with an introduction and notes, by Peter Jones. "The Iliad (sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium) is an epic poem in dactylic hexameters, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set in the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of Ilium by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war, the Iliad mentions or alludes to many of the Greek legends about the siege. Along with the Odyssey, also attributed to Homer, the Iliad is among the oldest extant works of Western literature, and its written version is usually dated to around the eighth century BC. The Iliad contains over 15,000 lines, and is written in Homeric Greek, a literary amalgam of Ionic Greek with other dialects.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Iliad (Penguin Clothbound Classics)
• Verlag: Penguin Classics
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 014139465X
• ISBN-13: 9780141394657
• Einband: Hard Cover
• Auflage: Reprint.
• Zustand: Fine
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket
• Gewicht: 24 Unzen

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A stunning Penguin clothbound edition of Homer's great epic, in E. V. Rieu's classic translation.

The Iliad is the first and the greatest literary achievement of Greek civilization - an epic poem without rival in the literature of the world, and the cornerstone of Western culture. The story centres on the critical events in the last year of the Trojan War, which lead to Achilleus' killing of Hektor and determine the fate of Troy. But Homer's theme is not simply war or heroism. With compassion and humanity, he presents a universal and tragic view of the world, of human life lived under the shadow of suffering and death, set against a vast and largely unpitying divine background..

Seven Greek cities claim the honour of being the birthplace of Homer (c. 8th-7th century BC), the poet to whom the composition of The Iliad and The Odyssey was attributed. The Iliad is the oldest surviving work of Western literature, but the identity - or even the existence - of Homer himself is a complete mystery, with no reliable biographical information having survived.

E. V. Rieu initiated Penguin Classics with Allen Lane and his famous translation of The Odyssey was the first book published in the series in 1947. The Iliad followed in 1950.

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Seven Greek cities claim the honour of being the birthplace of Homer (c. 8th-7th century BC), the poet to whom the composition of the Iliad and Odyssey are attributed. The Iliad is the oldest surviving work of Western literature, but the identity - or even the existence - of Homer himself is a complete mystery, with no reliable biographical information having survived.

E. V. Rieu initiated Penguin Classics with Allen Lane and his famous translation of the Odyssey was the first book published in the series in 1947. The Iliad followed in 1950.